Download or read book Take Back Your Privacy written by David Haywood Young and published by Cabin Fever Press. This book was released on 2016-01-20 with total page 326 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Curious about surveillance? Wondering about the security of your computer or phone? These are just a couple of starting points. The author, with decades of experience in the field, takes us on a journey through the digital landscape. Exhaustively researched, with hundreds of links, it's nevertheless written in an informal and entertaining style. Do you know the difference between "a web browser" and "the internet"? That's about all you'll need, to start. When you're done with this book, you'll know more than most IT (information technology) professionals do about digital security. You'll be able to analyze the claims made by tech bloggers and those who flog their own products. You'll know much, much more about the risks to your privacy and anonymity--and why they're both so important--in today's fast-moving world. Then, at the end, the author tells how he once went to jail for trying to help protect thousands of college students (including himself). It's a chilling reminder of just how easily "spin" can replace substance. And yet, it's a funny story. Come on in and give this book a try. You'll be glad you did. The Table of Contents: Dedication Who needs this book? What's a Barefoot Anarchist? Chapter 1: Why Privacy? Why Encrypt? The Free Speech Argument Dangers of Self-Incrimination Chapter 2: Threat Modeling Sounds Ominous! You Can't Be Totally Anonymous You Must Decide What You Can Live With Attack Surfaces Your IT department Software: Open-Source vs. Closed Companies & Policies Advertising Government & Privacy Chapter 3: Connections Internet Service Providers (ISPs) Virtual Private Networks (VPNs) The Onion Router (Tor) Wi-Fi Networks Chapter 4: Downloading Files Download Sites Use BitTorrent? How About Usenet? Chapter 5: Digital Purchases Credit Card Options A Note on Card/Banking Security A Note on Credit Itself PayPal & Similar Services Bitcoin and Friends Chapter 6: General Computing Virtual Machines Physical Security Disk Encryption Passwords & Logins Smart Cards & Biometrics Sending Anonymous Data Automatic Software Updates Anti-Virus Software Chapter 7: Operating Systems Windows? Instead of Windows? Other Linux Distros Chapter 8: Telephony Location Tracking Cellular Eavesdropping Text Messaging Baseband Hacking...and Beyond? The Metadata is the Message Phones and Wi-Fi Near-Field Communication (NFC) Android vs iOS vs Others Voice over IP (VoIP) Texting Alternatives All-in-one? Silent Circle vs. Signal Chapter 9: Web Browsing Search Engines Which Browser? "Secure" Connections Fingerprinting Advertising Other Plugins Chapter 10: "Cloud" Backups Dropbox and Friends SpiderOak & Its Pals Curmudgeonly Advice Make a Decision Chapter 11: Email Who's giving it to you? How to encrypt it? Chapter 12: Putting It All Together What's Your Threat Model? How Do We Fix Privacy? Appendix A: Encryption Primer Just the Basics Appendix B: Jail! Thanks for Reading! Excerpt from Shiver on the Sky

Download or read book Privacy is Power written by Carissa Veliz and published by Melville House. This book was released on 2021-04-06 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An Economist Book of the Year Every minute of every day, our data is harvested and exploited… It is time to pull the plug on the surveillance economy. Governments and hundreds of corporations are spying on you, and everyone you know. They're not just selling your data. They're selling the power to influence you and decide for you. Even when you've explicitly asked them not to. Reclaiming privacy is the only way we can regain control of our lives and our societies. These governments and corporations have too much power, and their power stems from us--from our data. Privacy is as collective as it is personal, and it's time to take back control. Privacy Is Power tells you how to do exactly that. It calls for the end of the data economy and proposes concrete measures to bring that end about, offering practical solutions, both for policymakers and ordinary citizens.

Download or read book Your Safety and Privacy Online written by Siggi Bjarnason and published by InfoSecHelp LLC. This book was released on 2019-09-09 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The purpose of this book is to provide an average computer user with the knowledge that will help them stay safe while online, as well as help them make privacy choices that work for them. My goal is to explain online threats in terms that don't require a technical background to understand. All techno-speak will be limited, and where it cannot be avoided, I will first be explained in common non-computer terms. This book should be accessible to anyone with enough computer knowledge to use Facebook, Twitter, and other social media, do some online shopping, use google to search for cat videos and pay your bills online, all the important stuff. If you are comfortable doing those things, you are in the core demographic for this book. While this book was written with a US consumer in mind, this book will be equally applicable all over the world. There may be an occasional inside joke that folks outside the USA won't understand, but that shouldn't detract anything from the book. What is different about this book is that I'm targeting non-technical folks and I'm explaining the issues and the threats without resulting to scare tactics or threats which seem so prevalent in today's security training. Something called FUD, Fear Uncertainty and Doubt is very prevalent in today information security space. I'm avoiding all FUD in this book. If I were to summarize this book in a few short bullet points, it would be like this: · Don't be clicking on links or attachments in strange, unexpected emails · Don't share your password, like ever · Do use a password manager for all your password · Do use long, unpredictable, and unique passwords for every site. · Do use critical thinking skills and don't be swayed by emotions.

Download or read book The Smart Girl s Guide to Privacy written by Violet Blue and published by No Starch Press. This book was released on 2015-08-01 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The whirlwind of social media, online dating, and mobile apps can make life a dream—or a nightmare. For every trustworthy website, there are countless jerks, bullies, and scam artists who want to harvest your personal information for their own purposes. But you can fight back, right now. In The Smart Girl’s Guide to Privacy, award-winning author and investigative journalist Violet Blue shows you how women are targeted online and how to keep yourself safe. Blue’s practical, user-friendly advice will teach you how to: –Delete personal content from websites –Use website and browser privacy controls effectively –Recover from and prevent identity theft –Figure out where the law protects you—and where it doesn’t –Set up safe online profiles –Remove yourself from people-finder websites Even if your privacy has already been compromised, don’t panic. It’s not too late to take control. Let The Smart Girl’s Guide to Privacy help you cut through the confusion and start protecting your online life.

Download or read book Data Protection Beyond Borders written by Federico Fabbrini and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2021-02-11 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This timely book examines crucial developments in the field of privacy law, efforts by legal systems to impose their data protection standards beyond their borders and claims by states to assert sovereignty over data. By bringing together renowned international privacy experts from the EU and the US, the book provides an accurate analysis of key trends and prospects in the transatlantic context, including spaces of tensions and cooperation between the EU and the US in the field of data protection law. The chapters explore recent legal and policy developments both in the private and law enforcement sectors, including recent rulings by the Court of Justice of the EU dealing with Google and Facebook, recent legislative initiatives in the EU and the US such as the CLOUD Act and the e-evidence proposal, as well as ongoing efforts to strike a transatlantic deal in the field of data sharing. All of the topics are thoroughly examined and presented in an accessible way that will appeal to scholars in the fields of law, political science and international relations, as well as to a wider and non-specialist audience. The book is an essential guide to understanding contemporary challenges to data protection across the Atlantic.

Download or read book The Right to Privacy written by Samuel D. Brandeis, Louis D. Warren and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2018-04-05 with total page 42 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reproduction of the original: The Right to Privacy by Samuel D. Warren, Louis D. Brandeis

Download or read book Web Security Privacy Commerce written by Simson Garfinkel and published by "O'Reilly Media, Inc.". This book was released on 2002 with total page 786 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Web Security, Privacy & Commerce" cuts through the hype and the front page stories. It tells readers what the real risks are and explains how to minimize them. Whether a casual (but concerned) Web surfer or a system administrator responsible for the security of a critical Web server, this book will tells users what they need to know.

Download or read book How to Maintain Your Privacy Online written by Alison Morretta and published by Cavendish Square Publishing, LLC. This book was released on 2014-12-15 with total page 50 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Outlines the importance of the kind of personal information that can be shared online, how to protect this information, and more.

Download or read book The Fight for Privacy Protecting Dignity Identity and Love in the Digital Age written by Danielle Keats Citron and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 2022-09-13 with total page 239 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The essential road map for understanding—and defending—your right to privacy in the twenty-first century. Privacy is disappearing. From our sex lives to our workout routines, the details of our lives once relegated to pen and paper have joined the slipstream of new technology. As a MacArthur fellow and distinguished professor of law at the University of Virginia, acclaimed civil rights advocate Danielle Citron has spent decades working with lawmakers and stakeholders across the globe to protect what she calls intimate privacy—encompassing our bodies, health, gender, and relationships. When intimate privacy becomes data, corporations know exactly when to flash that ad for a new drug or pregnancy test. Social and political forces know how to manipulate what you think and who you trust, leveraging sensitive secrets and deepfake videos to ruin or silence opponents. And as new technologies invite new violations, people have power over one another like never before, from revenge porn to blackmail, attaching life-altering risks to growing up, dating online, or falling in love. A masterful new look at privacy in the twenty-first century, The Fight for Privacy takes the focus off Silicon Valley moguls to investigate the price we pay as technology migrates deeper into every aspect of our lives: entering our bedrooms and our bathrooms and our midnight texts; our relationships with friends, family, lovers, and kids; and even our relationship with ourselves. Drawing on in-depth interviews with victims, activists, and advocates, Citron brings this headline issue home for readers by weaving together visceral stories about the countless ways that corporate and individual violators exploit privacy loopholes. Exploring why the law has struggled to keep up, she reveals how our current system leaves victims—particularly women, LGBTQ+ people, and marginalized groups—shamed and powerless while perpetrators profit, warping cultural norms around the world. Yet there is a solution to our toxic relationship with technology and privacy: fighting for intimate privacy as a civil right. Collectively, Citron argues, citizens, lawmakers, and corporations have the power to create a new reality where privacy is valued and people are protected as they embrace what technology offers. Introducing readers to the trailblazing work of advocates today, Citron urges readers to join the fight. Your intimate life shouldn’t be traded for profit or wielded against you for power: it belongs to you. With Citron as our guide, we can take back control of our data and build a better future for the next, ever more digital, generation.

Download or read book Acting in Commercials written by Joan See and published by Back Stage Books. This book was released on 2011-11-16 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Every actor knows that working in commercials is lucrative. But many actors, trained primarily for working on the stage, have mistaken ideas about this field and lack essential on-camera experience. Now in an updated and expanded edition, Acting in Commercials is the only resource that fills all the gaps in the performer’s knowledge of this demanding medium. Invaluable for its insight into the craft as well as the business of acting, it tells you how to prepare for commercial auditions and, once you’ve landed a job, how to deliver the most expressive on-camera performance—leading to more work and success in a competitive field. Author Joan See illuminates all the secrets she has learned while appearing in hundreds of commercials over the past thirty years. She shows you how to approach five distinctly different commercial forms and explains the specific acting techniques to employ in each. In fact, Acting in Commercials will take you beyond commercial work, sharpening all your acting skills for a broader film and television career.

Download or read book She s Hard to Get written by Zi MengXiaoCao and published by Funstory. This book was released on 2019-11-28 with total page 836 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When he first met her, he had scoffed at her. Savage and unfeminine, it didn't match her somewhat fresh appearance at all!He was the president, and a small assistant in the design department dared to offend her. He challenged her to take first place or to scram!When he saw her on the podium, he suddenly felt that she was so bright and dazzling. He wanted to pursue her, but was pushed away by her: Lustful man, scram. Don't forget, I'm your fiancee's assistant.

Download or read book Privacy written by B. J. Mendelson and published by . This book was released on 2017-12-18 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this forceful short book, technology guru and author of the best-selling Social Media is Bullshit (St. Martins Press) Brandon Mendelson exposes the crude reality behind the smiley face of internet networking: data trading. We are all auctioning our personal information, the book argues, to the highest bidder. Mendelson discusses the end of privacy from a contemporary perspective, including chapters on: Metadata and its uses Data auctions The Internet of Things The use of social media for surveillance and suppression Just how safe is Cloud technology The Big Business of Big Data How online retailers stalk, without permission, their customers Anonymous and web activism The internet's dark side: Silk Road, hacking, extortion EFF and other bodies promoting internet user rights When we talk about the so-called 'end of privacy', we conjure up images of state-run agencies secretly monitoring and recording our every move. Whilst this is the case, the true perpetrator in this permeating culture of intrusion is not a third party; its our very selves. We willingly broadcast every moment of our lives in exchange for a moment's worth of virtual attention. Mendelson, artfully and through personal narratives and journalism, tells the story of how we have undermined one of our greatest societal assets.

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Download or read book Cunningly Smart Phones written by Jack M. Wedam and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2015-06-30 with total page 205 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Corporations are spying on you more than government spies ever could. Just follow the money to find out how and why. Corporations can often predict what you will do next, detect subtle changes in your mood, and essentially know what youre thinking about. Development of behavioral biometrics accelerated after 9/11. Some of the research and development was funded by the government to identify potential terrorists and protect the public. However, these technologies are now used by corporations to trample your privacy, practically read your mind, and manipulate you to enhance their profits. Verify the facts yourself. This book contains over two hundred references, including court documents, patents, official government documents, and many other sources. You can do many things to protect yourself. With your help, this book can do for Internet privacy what Ralph Naders Unsafe at Any Speed did for automobile safety.

Download or read book Christmas at Spruce Hill Farm written by Kathryn Springer and published by Harlequin. This book was released on 2024-10-22 with total page 355 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: USA TODAY bestselling author Kathryn Springer brings holiday cheer in this festive story about fresh starts and unexpected love blooming on a snow-covered Christmas tree farm. It's three weeks until Christmas, and Lucy Gable is not in the holiday spirit. She’s the assistant to bestselling romance author Brynn Dixon, who’s been suffering from major burnout. Hoping to reduce Brynn’s stress, Lucy’s organized an intimate book tour—one that includes a charming little Christmas tree farm. And they're still hoping that no one discovers that Lucy was the one who finished writing Brynn’s last book… But Lucy’s carefully planned book tour is going completely awry. The Christmas tree farm owner is a reluctant host, the fans are going wild for the changes Lucy’s made to the book and Brynn’s adult son—who no one else knows about—is an unexpected (if handsome) distraction. And, as if those challenges aren’t enough, a winter storm at the farm is ensuring that hiding the truth is all but impossible. Yet somewhere between snowy sleigh rides, a cozy bonfire, caroling and the promise of new love, Lucy is experiencing her first winter wonderland. And Brynn is discovering that it might not be too late to find her own happy ending. With a little courage and a sense of adventure, it might just be the start of whole new chapters for both of them—and an accidentally perfect white Christmas. “Christmas at Spruce Hill Farm is a delightful story overflowing with holiday spirit. Kathryn Springer writes with warmth and charm.” --RaeAnne Thayne, New York Times bestselling author

Download or read book The Year s Best Science Fiction Thirty Fifth Annual Collection written by Gardner Dozois and published by St. Martin's Griffin. This book was released on 2018-07-03 with total page 718 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents some of the best science fiction short stories written in 2017.

Download or read book Facebook For Dummies written by Carolyn Abram and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2021-05-04 with total page 439 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Be a new face on Facebook! If you're new to the Facebook user community, don't be shy: you're joining around 2.7 billion users (roughly two-and-a-half Chinas) worldwide, so you'll want to make sure you’re being as sociable as possible. And with more functionality and ways to say hello—like 3-D photos and Video Chat rooms—than ever before, Facebook For Dummies is the perfect, informative companion to get and new and inexperienced users acquainted with the main features of the platform and comfortable with sharing posts, pictures (or whatever else you find interesting) with friends, family, and the world beyond! In a chatty, straightforward style, your friendly hosts, Carolyn Abram and Amy Karasavas—both former Facebook employees—help you get settled in with the basics, like setting up your profile and adding content, as well as protecting your privacy when you want to decide who can and can't see your posts. They then show you how to get involved as you add new friends, toggle your newsfeed, shape your timeline story, join groups, and more. They even let you in on ways to go pro and use Facebook for work, such as building a promo page and showing off your business to the world. Once you come out of your virtual shell, there'll be no stopping you! Build your profile and start adding friends Send private messages and instant notes Share your memories Tell stories about your day Set your privacy and curate your news feed Don't be a wallflower: with this book you have the ideal icebreaker to get the party started so you can join in with all the fun!